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NATIVE JUICE

SUMMER ISSUE 2020 • REALVEGASMAGAZINE.COM

our city gone dark.

By: Candice Wiener

AS A 5TH GENERATION FAMILY of our beloved

basis would actually come to fruition. That

estimated $576 million. Gaughan renamed

city of Las Vegas, NEVER in my lifetime did I

was our last dine in meal, unbeknown to us

the casino to South Point as a part of the

imagine or fathom that we would witness Las

that we would enjoy even up until now at

purchase.

Vegas’ neon lights go dark and our relished

a local venue. To date it’s been almost 7

Las Vegas Strip so desolate. On March 18,

weeks of casinos, restaurants and bars being

It’s also known that Michael Gaughan

2020, following Governor Steve Sisolak’s

closed with no definitive plan in place for

currently owns all of the slot machine

directive given the night before; our local

hope of re-opening and that brings us to

operations inside of McCarran airport. It’s

casinos were shut down for the 1st time

this issue’s Native Juice article spotlighting

unclear what year the Gaughan family took

since John F. Kennedy’s funeral back on

the Gaughan family. Michael Gaughan

over all slot operations at McCarran, but

November 25, 1963. I vividly remember it was

played many roles in the gaming and casino

as part of our Wiener family history, it was

St. Patrick’s Day and we were enjoying some

sector of Las Vegas. Gaughan opened up

a known fact that our late Grandfather,

corned beef and cabbage at our favorite

the Barbary Coast in 1979 at a cost of $11.5

Louis Wiener Jr. owned all slot operations

local pub with some friends. There was an

million and it set the precedent for all Coast

at McCarran for 20+ years prior to the

eerie sense of uncertain chatter among

Casinos to follow. Subsequently, Michael sold

Gaughan family. While we’re not 100% clear

guests discussing if any of us thought this

the Coast Casinos to Boyd Gaming in 2004

of the changing of hands and years that it

shutdown and closures of local businesses

for $1.3 billion. Then in July of 2006, Boyd

took place; McCarran is said to have over

that we love and support on a regular

sold the South Coast to Gaughan for an

1,300 slot machines in all of the terminals and


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